Now I’ve got yet another list of back catalog to work through. Quitting my job damn well better be bliss come June.

I’ll post the entire list of nominees at the end. Oh, and best of luck to Chad and Vince on their nomination!

And now on to the LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (review) subtitle scandal that Icons of Fright broke and that has irritated supporters of the film large and small: Cinematical, CHUD, Hollywood Elsewhere, Evil on Two Legs, MTV, NYM. I recommend taking a second and clicking on over there to scan through their proof of failure screen captures as there is no point in my reposting them all here. Magnolia’s handling of the Region 1 consumer release is inexplicable, to say the least. What they so graciously put into theaters contained the proper English subtitles, what they put on DVD and Blu-ray contains egregious mistranslations.

These are no mere instances of crossed tounges. These new subs defile crucial context. And at the benefit of what? Nothing. Nothing at all. It would be a stretch to say that the offending sections ruin the film entirely, but that concession provides no justification for the changes. Gone is the playful mystery in Eli and Oscar’s first encounter. Gone is the soulful empathy of Eli’s handler’s encounter with a jar filled with a certain liquid. Gone is nuance, gone for no reason.

»Emily in The Pros and Cons of the Zombie Apocalypse
I read this post with glee and I couldn’t agree more. If you were an elite member of a para-military group or a ninja you may survive for a while. But if you are sitting in front of your computer eating cheezy...